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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the first type of creatures Ransom sees as he wanders the forest?
(a) Giraffe like animals eating off the tops of trees
(b) A bird resembling a robin
(c) He doesn't see anything alive other than himself
(d) A creature that looks much like a squirrel

2. Ransom's dream mentioned in question #16 foreshadows:
(a) his desire to meet men from Mars
(b) his becoming addicted to the drugs Devine gives him
(c) his eventual trip to Malacandra
(d) his death at an early age

3. When Ransom looks around after landing he notices the ship is sitting on:
(a) a penisula or island surrounded by blue water
(b) the top of a mountain
(c) in a meadow of wild flowers
(d) in the middle of a busy city

4. The humming noise Ransom hears makes him believe he is:
(a) hearing a refridgerator running
(b) hearing a chorus of angels in the distance
(c) in some sort of airship
(d) must be suffering from the drug's aftereffects

5. What does he see in his imagination?
(a) Another Ransom wandering the forest
(b) His home on earth
(c) A gate with a bell hanging above it
(d) Sorns creeping up on him in the bushes

6. What is on the other side of the wall?
(a) A herd of cattle
(b) Another house with lights on
(c) Mountains
(d) Darkness and some strange creatures

7. After Devine questions Ransom, what does he learn?
(a) Ransom plans to retire and write a book on Swahili
(b) Ransom quit his job at Cambridge
(c) Ransom is on a walking tour, of which no one knows
(d) Ransom lives down the street from the Rise

8. At the location in question #3, Ransom meets a former schoolmate whose name is:
(a) Henry
(b) Chris
(c) David
(d) Devine

9. As they land, what does Random come to believe about planets?
(a) That they are alive and welcoming
(b) They all have human life
(c) That planets are dull, lifeless islands in space
(d) That they are accidents of the cosmos

10. When Ransom comes to from being drugged, he tries to escape but is unable because:
(a) he can't find his shoes
(b) he is chained to the wall
(c) there is no door in the room he is in
(d) he is knocked out from behind

11. What does Ransom hear when he regains consciousness?
(a) Weston talking to Harry's mother
(b) Weston and Devine discussing preparations for a trip
(c) Plates being set on the table
(d) The breaking of waves on the ocean beach

12. What does Ransom's thoughts about space foreshadow?
(a) The fact that he will travel in space again very soon
(b) The actual account of the solar system he will learn on Malacandra
(c) The dark place where he will be taken
(d) The light of the religion on Malacandra

13. What does Ransom do first after he arrives at the village?
(a) He falls asleep
(b) He shakes hands with all the hross
(c) He takes a bath
(d) He throws a ball with the children

14. Who is Ransom talking to near the end of the chapter?
(a) Some fish he sees swimming in the stream
(b) The tree he's leaning against
(c) Himself
(d) His father

15. Ransom's new vitality is:
(a) because of his elation at finally being in space
(b) due to being so near the sun's rays
(c) because Devine has given him daily doses of concentrated vitamins
(d) because of the healthy food

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ransom do with the Hross?

2. What does Ransom pilfer from the galley?

3. What does Ransom notice about the room in which he wakes?

4. How does most things on the planet appear to Ransom?

5. Because of the point of view of the story, the reader knows:

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